CmdrTaco, is that you? Try to consider the tablet as a modern version of the Newton MP2100. No built-in keyboard, no protection, no way to stand it up for a g

CmdrTaco, is that you? Try to consider the tablet as a modern version of the Newton MP2100. No built-in keyboard, no protection, no way to stand it up for a good viewing angle, pretty much the same complaints you give here. My newt's leather carrying case had a little fold-out bit that propped the newt up at an adjustable angle and held the keyboard in place so that I could unzip it on a tabletop, adjust the prop, and have my "laptop" ready to go. When I wanted to be more portable I could disconnect the keyboard, slide the newt out of the case, and walk away. It is more portable than a netbook because it can do away with the keyboard. Any keyboard worth using cannot fit into a netbook. Period. By eliminating the keyboard you have more design freedom than the netbook form-factor allows.